Too Black to Wear Whites

Jonty Winch studied at De Montfort University, Leicester, and the University of Stellenbosch. He has been involved in photography, journalism and education, and has written six books on sporting history in southern Africa. He co-authored Cricket & Conquest: The History of South African Cricket Retold 1795-1914 (2016) and has written articles for accredited international academic publications, winning the British Society of Sports History 'Best Article in Sport in History' in 2008.

Richard Parry studied African history at the University of Natal, Durban, and Queen’s University, Canada. An expert in international taxation, he divides his time between advising African countries on implementing effective tax systems and uncovering the hidden histories of black cricketers in South Africa. He was a contributor to Empire and Cricket: The South African Experience 1884-1914 (2009) and co-editor of Cricket & Society in South Africa 1910-1971: From Union to Isolation (2018).